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U.S. Considers Fallujah-Style Attack on Sadr City

HeadlineMay 22, 2007

The U.S. military is planning to make a major push into the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City that houses two million Shiites. The Washington Post reports that the U.S. military is considering a wholesale clearing of the neighborhood if political avenues fail. One military officer said, “A second Fallujah plan exists, but we don’t want to execute it.”

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